Interactive content feedback system

Abstract

This invention is directed to a tool that enables content creators to collect and analyze feedback on their content during production and live performances. During playback of content, users are enabled to provide detailed feedback and comments via various feedback interfaces on user devices. Users may indicate that they like and dislike certain aspects of the content, such as musical instruments featured in a song, at specific points in time. Feedback is timestamped, transformed into values, and aggregated for review and analysis. Using machine learning techniques, the present invention can identify trends in audience preferences and generate recommendations for tailoring content and content delivery. An interactive display enables the content creator to efficiently manipulate and make sense of collected feedback. With robust security features, the interactive content feedback system described herein may integrate with content streaming platforms as well as operate as an independent application.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 receiving, by a first user interface at a user device, first user input from a first user at a point in time during playback of audio content; 
 providing a second user interface at the user device in response to receiving the first user input, wherein the second user interface comprises a plurality of selectable portions, wherein each selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions represents an associated, different musical instrument featured in the audio content; 
 receiving, by the second user interface at the user device, second user input from the first user, wherein the second user input comprises a selection of a selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions; 
 transforming, by at least one computing processor of the user device, the first user input and the second user input into transformed user input, wherein the transformed user input comprises a first value associated with the point in time at which the first user input was received and a second value associated with at least one of the selected selectable portion and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion; 
 transmitting, by a communication interface of the user device, the transformed user input to a database not comprised in the user device for storage, wherein the transformed user input is associated in the database with at least one of the first user, a second user associated with the audio content, the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion, and the audio content; and 
 generating, by at least one computing processor and using the transformed user input, a display of at least one user response to the audio content, wherein the display includes a substantially horizontal axis representing a duration of time associated with the audio content and an indication that the first user responded to the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion at the point in time at which the first user input was received, wherein the indication has an x-coordinate along the substantially horizontal axis representing the first value, and wherein the indication has a y-coordinate above, on, or below the substantially horizontal axis representing the second value. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first user input comprises at least one of a touch of, a click of, a tap of, a hold of, a selection of, an engaging of, a swipe of, a triggering of, a push of, a pull of, a movement of a gesture in, a gesture over, a hover over, and an interaction with at least one of a touchscreen region, a touchpad region, a screen region, a pad region, a user interface region, a button, a button region, a tab, a tab region, a bar, a bar region, a window, a window region, a slider, a slider region, a menu item, a radio button selection, an image, an image region, an icon, an icon region, text, an optics lens, and a biometric sensor. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein each selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions comprises at least one of a touchscreen region, a touchpad region, a screen region, a pad region, a user interface region, a button, a button region, a tab, a tab region, a bar, a bar region, a window, a window region, a slider, a slider region, a menu item, a radio button selection, an image, an image region, an icon, an icon region, text, an optics lens, and a biometric sensor. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selection of the selected selectable portion comprises at least one of a touch of, a click of, a tap of a hold of, a selection of, an engaging of, a swipe of, a triggering of, a push of, a pull of, a movement of, a gesture in, a gesture over, a hover over, and an interaction with at least one of a touchscreen region, a touchpad region, a screen region, a pad region, a user interface region, a button, a button region, a tab, a tab region, a bar, a bar region, a window, a window region, a slider, a slider region, a menu item, a radio button selection, an image, an image region, an icon, an icon region, text an optics lens, and a biometric sensor. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the indication indicates that the first user at least one of liked, loved, disliked, hated, heard, noticed, favorited, shared, saved, downloaded, talked about, commented about, purchased, deleted, removed, engaged with, paid attention to, ignored, grew tired of, felt good about, felt happy about, felt neutral about, felt sad about, felt bad about, felt angry about, felt lonely about, felt excited about, felt curious about, felt interested in, felt disinterested about, felt introspective about, felt inspired by, felt unsure about, felt fond toward, felt distant toward, wanted to hear more of, wanted to hear less of, wanted to hear more loudly, wanted to hear less loudly, wanted to change, wanted to notate, wanted to hear again, wanted to stop playback of, smiled about, frowned about, scowled about, snarled about, laughed about, danced to, swayed to, fell asleep to, rolled eyes because of, rested eyes because of, closed eyes because of, opened eyes because of, and cried because of the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the indication indicates that the first user responded to a performance of the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the performance of the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion comprises at least one of a recorded performance, a live performance, a taped performance, a videoed performance, a human performance, a computer-generated performance, a sampled performance, a programmed performance, a computer-executed performance, a triggered performance, a processed performance, a presentation of, a demonstration of, a triggering of, a production of, an interaction with, and a playing of the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first user interface enables the first user to control playback of the audio content. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first value comprises at least one of a length of time, a duration, a time value, a playback position, a playhead position, a date value, a numerical value, an alphanumeric value, a hexadecimal value, and a value. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the duration of time associated with the audio content comprises at least one of a length of time, a time value, a playback position, a playhead position, a date value, a numerical value, an alphanumeric value, a hexadecimal value, and a value associated with the audio content. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the duration of time associated with the audio content comprises only a portion of at least one of a length of time, a time value, a playback position, a playhead position, a date value, numerical value, an alphanumeric value, a hexadecimal value, and a value associated with the audio content. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first user input is received prior to to the selection of the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first user input is received substantially simultaneously to the selection of the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first user and the second user is enabled to filter, by a computing processor, at least one response to the audio content from the display of at least one response to the audio content by at least one of user, musical instrument, time value, time of receipt, date of receipt, and demographic information such that the display of at least one response to the audio content comprises a display of a subset of all responses to the audio content. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 1 , wherein at, least one of the first user and the second user is enabled to modify, by a computing processor, the display of at least one response to the audio content by at least one of zooming, moving, translating, navigating, and selecting at least one duration portion along the substantially horizontal axis of the display. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the display of at least one response to the audio content is generated in response to receiving, from the database and by a computing processor, at least one of the transformed user input, the first value, and the second value. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the indication is displayed in a style associated with at least one of the first user and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17 , wherein the style associated with at least one of the first user and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion comprises at least one of a color, a transparency, a type, a weight, a shape, a design, a line, a stem, a data point, a label, text, an image, an icon, and a value that identifies the indication as being associated, with at least one of the first user and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion. 
     
     
       19. A system comprising:
 at least one memory comprising instructions; and 
 at least one processing device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the system to perform the operations of:
 receiving, by a first user interface at a user device, first user input from a first user at a point in time during playback of audio content; 
 providing a second user interface at the user device in response to receiving the first user input, wherein the second user interface comprises a plurality of selectable portions, wherein each selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions represents an associated, different musical instrument featured in the audio content; 
 receiving, by the second user interface at the user device, second user input from the first user, wherein the second user input comprises a selection of a selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions; 
 transforming, by at least one computing processor of the user device, the first user input and the second user input into transformed user input, wherein the transformed user input comprises a first value associated with the point in time at which the first user input was received and a second value associated with at least one of the selected selectable portion and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion; 
 transmitting, by a communication interface of the user device, the transformed user input to a database not comprised in the user device for storage, wherein the transformed user input is associated in the database with at least one of the first user a second user associated with the audio content, the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion, and the audio content; and 
 generating, by at least one computing processor and using the transformed user input, a display of at least one user response to the audio content, wherein the display includes a substantially horizontal axis representing a duration of time associated with the audio content and an indication that the first user responded to the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion at the point in time at, which the first user input was received, wherein the indication has an x-coordinate along the substantially horizontal axis representing the first value, and wherein the indication has a y-coordinate above, on, or below the substantially horizontal axis representing the second value. 
 
 
     
     
       20. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code, wherein the code, when executed by at, least one processing device of a system, causes the system to perform the operations of:
 receiving, by a first user interface at a user device, first user input from a first user at a point in time during playback of audio content; 
 providing a second user interface at the user device in response to receiving the first user input, wherein the second user interface comprises a plurality of selectable portions, wherein each selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions represents an associated, different musical instrument featured in the audio content; 
 receiving, by the second user interface at the user device, second user input from the first user, wherein the second user input comprises a selection of a selectable portion of the plurality of selectable portions; 
 transforming, by at least one computing processor of the user device, the first user input and the second user input into transformed user input, wherein the transformed user input comprises a first value associated with the point in time at which the first user input was received and a second value associated with at least one of the selected selectable portion and the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion; 
 transmitting, by a communication interface of the user device, the transformed user input to a database not comprised in the user device for storage, wherein the transformed user input is associated in the database with at least one of the first user, a second user associated with the audio content, the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion, and the audio content; and 
 generating, by at least one computing processor and using the transformed user input, a display of at least one user response to the audio content, wherein the display includes a substantially horizontal axis representing a duration of time associated with the audio content and an indication that the first user responded to the musical instrument associated with the selected selectable portion at the point in time at which the first user input was received, wherein the indication has an x-coordinate along the substantially horizontal axis representing the first value, and wherein the indication has a y-coordinate above, on, or below the substantially horizontal axis representing the second value.